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[GuardianAngel470]

 I mean think about it. Alligators, sharks, eagles, frogs, humans, and ebola are all based on the same basic protein structure and they look and feel nothing alike. Life on just our planet is diverse in appearance so why would two dextro-amino acid based life forms look or feel anything alike?

I'll admit I'm guilty of that lazy thinking but after a while I came to realize that there is no logical reason for the two species to be anything alike.

Just my two cents...

[Spartas Husky]

I dont. I expect them to have a scaly protection to their spine while most of their body being smooth. Since from the codex the look similar to humans.



I expect some hard skin like turians in the back going from their neck all the way down protecting their spine. Since grunt said is tricky severing quarian's spine.



Maybe some hard skin on their shins. Aside from it I imagine them to be mostly smooth, except for their iconic legs and grunt's statement about their spine.

[GuardianAngel470]

Spartas Husky wrote...

I dont. I expect them to have a scaly protection to their spine while most of their body being smooth. Since from the codex the look similar to humans.

I expect some hard skin like turians in the back going from their neck all the way down protecting their spine. Since grunt said is tricky severing quarian's spine.

Maybe some hard skin on their shins. Aside from it I imagine them to be mostly smooth, except for their iconic legs and grunt's statement about their spine.

I'm pretty sure he wasn't speaking about their spine. He starts off with human spines but then says:

You're soft. Asari, Salarians, all soft. Quarians not so much. Turians, you have to work the blade I guess. Don't see much point though.

Heh heh, much point."

[Rogue Unit]

People assume because they can eat the same foods that they'll look similar also.

[Captain Crash]

She looks like what YOU want her to look like.



Until Bioware decide whether or not to show us her face its what you imagine is behind the mask. Everything the community creates is still based on speculation which can be interpreted any way.

[Sandbox47]

She look like this:

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[mineralica]

Three fingers? Check. Strange legs? Check. Wide hips? Check. Info about what quarians look like is pretty restricted, though, but they definitely resemble more turians than anybody else.

Continuing the OP line of thougths, why humans and asari look alike?

[Squeeze the Fish]

I didn't know "everyone" thought that. I've never even heard of the theory until now.

[lovgreno]

From what little we can see of quarian body type they seem to have at least some similarities. But how they actualy looks behind mask and suit: speculations is all we have. I wouldn't mind if they do look a bit like those charming turians though.

[JuicElawl]

tali's face seems to have humanlike nose behind the mask though, iirc. not a turian beak nose or whatever they have.



quarians probably do have hide-like skin, though, since grunt hints they have tougher skin than humans.

[Unkei]

Squeeze the Fish wrote...

I didn't know "everyone" thought that. I've never even heard of the theory until now.

Seconded

[Someone With Mass]

When it comes to the faces, I don't they look anything alike. How, you may ask? Have you seen the quarian placeholder? Looks nothing like a turian. They even have human-like noses.

[Vanguard1219]

Unkei wrote...

Squeeze the Fish wrote...

I didn't know "everyone" thought that. I've never even heard of the theory until now.

Seconded

Thirded, and while we're on the subject at this point I thought it was widly accepted that the quarian's facial structure is at least similar to human's based on the "placeholder" face they all have behind those masks. I'm not sure where the "they look like turians" theory is coming from.

[Dean_the_Young]

Who assumes that?



Nearly everyone assumes that Tali is going to be an exotic human with Indian/South-Central Asian connotations with funny skintone and chicken legs.

[GodWood]

I thought everyone just assumed quarians looked like night elves (barf)

[Fiery Phoenix]

I don't at all assume or even imagine them to look like turians. Actually, I've always imagined the quarians to look humanoid in some sense -- unlike the turians, who are completely alien in terms of appearance.

[PrinceLionheart]

Fiery Phoenix wrote...

I don't at all assume or even imagine them to look like turians. Actually, I've always imagined the quarians to look humanoid in some sense -- unlike the turians, who are completely alien in terms of appearance.

Maybe it'll be a combination, Humanoid appearance with scaly skin.

Modifié par PrinceLionheart, 16 janvier 2011 - 06:04 .

[General Douchington]

Unless Rannoch was incredibly irradiated like Palaven, I don't think Quarians will be all that similar physically to Turians. I just doubt it.

[tobynator89]

i'm actually hoping for some sort of feathery equivalent, for the sake of variation but that just me.

[xlavaina]

Because they both have the same type of DNA, but I guess that doesn't mean much, considering our DNA is structured similarly to any other animal on our planet.

[GuardianAngel470]

Unkei wrote...

Squeeze the Fish wrote...

I didn't know "everyone" thought that. I've never even heard of the theory until now.

Seconded

You must not have been here long enough. Although it is an obvious generalization (how often does someone actually mean everyone?) I've seen the speculation quite often over the year that this game has been out.

Also, their legs are the only things that really compare to turians. Turian hips are much thinner and their upper thighs are thicker, attached differently to the hips.

Turian necks are also different. I would argue that quarian body structure, aside from the legs, are more like humans than turians.

EDIT: perhaps I wasn't specific enough. The assumption that their skin will be scaly is mostly what I'm talking about. Most people assume that because grunt says that quarians aren't as soft as humans quarians are somehow scaly. That their genetic similarity to turians dictates that they will be similar when that genetic similarity is about as basic as you can get, simply the type of proteins that make up the DNA not how that DNA is compiled.

Like I said, Ebola uses the same basic proteins as human DNA but it is used very differently.

Modifié par GuardianAngel470, 17 janvier 2011 - 04:48 .

[Homey C-Dawg]

Quarians look humanoid. You can see some of Tali's face through her mask in ME2, and even better in ME1. I think anyone wanting to believe she looks like a turian (or predator or squid or something) is trying really hard to ignore what they can see for themselves. Now whether or not she has fangs or cat-slit eyes or hair (i'm guessing 'no') is a different story, but they certainly have mostly humanish faces.

I think a better question is why everyone (judging from forum posts and fanart) seems to think quarians have purple skin? I mean, we met a lot of quarians in ME2 and as far as I remember, Tali is the only one with a purple mask (or at least most of them don't).

[RAF1940]

Homey C-Dawg wrote...

Quarians look humanoid. You can see some of Tali's face through her mask in ME2, and even better in ME1. I think anyone wanting to believe she looks like a turian (or predator or squid or something) is trying really hard to ignore what they can see for themselves. Now whether or not she has fangs or cat-slit eyes or hair (i'm guessing 'no') is a different story, but they certainly have mostly humanish faces.
I think a better question is why everyone (judging from forum posts and fanart) seems to think quarians have purple skin? I mean, we met a lot of quarians in ME2 and as far as I remember, Tali is the only one with a purple mask (or at least most of them don't).

I agree with this.

[Aedan_Cousland]

Unfortunately I think a much larger percentage of the fanbase thinks (or wants) Tali and the rest of the Quarians to look just like humans. Do a quick search for Tali fanart and you'll mostly come across portrayals of the Quarians as humans with an exotic skin tone. Some in fact, don't even bother with the exotic skin tone.

Here is a typical example:





If Tali and Quarians had not yet been introduced as a character in the Mass Effect series, and this was concept art, most people would guess she's human, but  altered in some way.

Modifié par Aedan_Cousland, 17 janvier 2011 - 06:02 .

[MACharlie1]

Homey C-Dawg wrote...
I think a better question is why everyone (judging from forum posts and fanart) seems to think quarians have purple skin? I mean, we met a lot of quarians in ME2 and as far as I remember, Tali is the only one with a purple mask (or at least most of them don't).

I believe that comes from not Tali's mask but what skin would look like from 0 exposure from UV rays. Wouldn't be stark white but because of the blood and muscle and nerves, it might be various shades of very light pink, blue, grey, PURPLE.